Dish-washing machine.



W. W. WESTOOTT.

DISH WASHING MACHINE. AFPLIOATIOH rum) JUNE 7, 1909.

1,006,707. Patented 001;.24, 1911.

135M. 0 0 0 WWW abbo' uxu on the shaft 5 a stop 9 is tixed for holding D sides of the openings therein. and a shield WILLIAM W. WES'I'COTT, OF MORRIS PLAINS. NEW JERSEY DISH-WASHING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

.latented net. 2 4. 1911 Application filed June 7, 1909. Serial No. 500,650.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T. human \V. core, a citizen of the United States. residing at Morris Plains. in the eounty of Morris and State of New Jersey. ha ve invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dish-\Vashing Maehines, (if-Wllitfll the following, is a speeitieation.

This invention relates to improvements in dishwashing niat'hines and partienlarly refers to nlaehines havin; independent. means for washing the dish artieles and for washin, the cup artieles of a set of dishes.

()ne of the leading ohjeets of the invention is the eonstruetion ot' a nIat-hine ha vine parallel rotary hrush heads hetween whieh a plate or dish ran lie plaeed for eleaning purposes and a rotary hrush head arranged in line with the dish or plate (leaning heads wherehy eups and similar artieles may he eleaned.

With the ahove and other ohieets in view this invention emhraees eertain eonstrnet-ions, eonihinations and :n'rangenients of parts. elearly deserihed in the following speeitieation and illustrated in the aeeonet pan vin; drawing.

'lhe 'lrawing is a eentral vertieal seet'ional view of the dish eleaning pparatus.

Referring to the aeeonipaIrving drawing. which is merely illustrative of the inventioin I '1 denotes the main eleaning: tank or vat.i whieh may he snitahl v supported. The tank or rat I is provided with an opening 2 in its end wall 3. and a shaft hearing 4 is loeatml around said opening. shaft 5 extends through thel 'aring I and earries a sleeve t'. The shaft 3 is pret'erahly formed tuhular so that the same may he used as a conduit for the eleanin thtid.

()n the outer end of the sleeve (i a drive wheel or pulley 7 is tixed liy screws 9. and

the sleeve in a lixed position. The shaft and sleeve are formed with 'n-rforations It), loeatod therein near the end wall 3 and with iwrt'orations l-l loeated in the inner end thereof. ()n the sleeve ti adjaeent the perforations 10 two hrush heads l2 and I73 are Seenred. (Lie hrush head is made the same as the other, eaeh being formed with a d portion 14, whieh carries hrush ,tul'ts l5.

seem-ed to the tank and held over the and is seemred hy means of a collar 1th hav ing a set serew 17', to the sleeve t. When seeured in plaee on thesleeve t3 the perfomtions 10 are adapted to lie opposite the shanks of the hrush tufts 15. Normally the hrnsh tufts l5 engage eaeh other so that when a dish or plate is placed between the tntt hoth :--ides of the dish will he offer.- tia'et v eleaned. when the hrnshes are rotated, .\s the hrush tntts wear the brushes may he adjusted hy the set serews 17.

On the inner end of the sle ve 6, a'hrush head 18. whieh isprovided with brush tufts 1! and a sleeve engaging t'ollar 20. is se- 1 enred in plaee over the perforations 11. The

hrtish head is formed with perforations registering with the perforations 11. wl'ierehy the eleanin fluid may flow from the bore of the sha t 5 through the tufts 1!) of the hrush head is.

()n the bottom of the tank or vat 1 a re-. eeplaele 2| is loeated beneath the hrush headsklil and lit, he-ing provided with a quantity of lye or other ehaning water. wherel v the hrush tufts 15 may he eharged with eleaning' thiid independently of the fluid that may he supplied through the tubular shaft 5.

[n the end of the tank orvatadapted to reeeive the spray ot the rotating hrush heads 12 and 13a shield 22 is loeated.

In the portion of the tank adapted to re eeive the spray of the rotary hrush its a shield Ell is loeated. heing suitably seein'ed having lateral openings, a pair of hrush heads mounted on the shaft on opposite hrush heads.

in testimony whereof I atlix my signature in present-e of two witnesses.

, W'ILLTAM \V. \VESTCO'IT.

Witness-i (nun-men l'l. lhlmow. (t. l". lImn'nm-n'. 

